Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-12-08
DISTRICT COURT.

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Individuals Plead Guilty-Tke Strand
Jury Makes ats FINAL Report.
One appurtenancs which is sadly
needed in tho Ysnkton county court
house is q hat and scat room. Attorneys
who have business before the court are
compelled to hang their wearing apparel
on q chair or q table and il the court
room 10 partly filed with people q place
for o hat or coat ID hard to find.
To-day the petit Jury was ;mpAnnelled
and shs firss Jury trial begun. The FIRST
case Was . civil suit, wherein VIM. Law
brings action against John McGregor
and vile to recover some money which
went the wrong wsy in land sale. W.
f. Read appears for the plaintiff and
N. ]. Gramsr for the defendant and the
following jurors sit on tho case: J.. ID.
Fitch. f. Brandt. r. Swanson, ]. Step
hens, J. A. Pierson, F. 5trunk, 81. Sofia.
fer, F. summer, j. B. Shaw. Jos. Tozick,
P Settler and john Rinker
Before pTosssdinE with tho 6ase, j.
Doyle, j. Ools and e. Wilson, tho three
individuals who we're indicted twice,
once for committing an attempt TO rob
with . deadly weapon and once for
committing ar assault with intent to
rob, we're brought up to plead. They
plead guilty 10 ths second indictment,
the extreme penalty tor the crime being
being i've years ct hard labor. However,
Il is understood that the district attor-
ney will recommend mercy, and they
will probably NOS gss the full extent J.
II thsy had plead guilty to she first
indictment they would hays been liable
to imprisonment Tor life, az shis 10 the
extreme penalty. Sentence will be
passed upon sbis uniaoky trio tomorrow.
| IF. Saline, who was indicted for
robbary, also plead guilty and he will
be brought up for sentence With the
other thres to-mGsgow.
At this ~iunosare the grand jury
announced its readiness to make a
final report. and upon coming
into coars the report was handed
to she clerk m the jury, having
No further brsiness, was discharged. The
report contained two indictments
against one man and tho juryss report or
the condition OF the county jail. The
dsni monde Of the city, we're e~ntirel,
forgotten. Bus abe jury in its report on
she iail. hiss recommended the Aconssruc.
tion Of quarters Tor female prisoners and
possibly II is intended to fill those guar
ters with the frail cseatuEes ri che nsxi
term.
The sheriff has selected for his bailiffl
Of this term representatives from among
nearly every nationality in Yanktor
county except Indians, and the reason
for not employing an Indian baiiiff ia sais
to be that Indians cannot volta In Yank
ton county. The worthy sheriff rant hi
course ala United States Marsha
Maratta, whose method 10 pronounced
,IA1.
Here follows the report Of She Crane
Jury Just adjourned on the condition o
tbs county jail:
Yankton, OAK. December 7th, 1887
The undessigned members Of the ter
r~itorisl grand Jury in session Decembe
J 7th 1887 will ssy a. 1t became . pArt o
, our duties to inspect the county priscg
We found the condition OF The prise!
generally good and the prisoners bsin|
we'll cared for. He would recommend til
. eOnstFuction ss soon as possible Q
quarters for female prisoners and wi
call tho attention OF those oharitably in
clinSd to the fact thxt the prisoner
would be very thankful for any goo
reading matter which persons 60 IL
: clined are pieased TO furpisia them.
Adopted: ZINk RIcHRy, Foreman.
III WILLIAM KRAMER, Clerk.